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An opportunist who seeks to financially benefit from this.
by gavazzy 11y ago
An opportunist who seeks to financially benefit from this.
- smt88 11y agoHow will he make money from this?
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoRead the book: Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
- smt88 11y agoThere has to be a relatively short, simple answer as to how Jesse Jackson will make money from requesting this information from Twitter. Is it that he raises his profile in some way, and then he can profit from being marginally more famous? I honestly can't think of anything else. And then I'd like to know why that matters. If this is information that Twitter has an ethical responsibility to release (and I'm not saying that it is), who cares who asks for it?
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoThe simple answer is the first word of the title of the book: Shakedown. That word on Wikipedia points to "extortion", which has a lengthy entry. I have the book, and I've read it. Here's an excerpt starting at pg 321: SHAKING DOWN THE STREET ... Rainbow/PUSH ((aka Jackson)) had opposed the proposed merger of AT&T with TCI ... ((AT&T CEO)) Michael Armstrong understood immediately that Jackson was essentially sticking out his hand, hoping for a payoff. Rather than hold up the merger, he obliged. While he was at it, he instructed AT&T to donate $425,000 to CEF. Jackson immediately dropped his opposition to the AT&T/TCI merger. So (if I may speak for the original poster on this thread) the idea is that Jackson will be an irritant to Twitter until and unless he is paid off, aka a donation made to a charity or business that Jackson controls.